(Note: By "what more would you ask", I was talking about those two specific incidents, not the war in general. Not that there's not plenty of things worth asking other places, I'm just trying to focus on this at the moment.)
I don't think this sort of thing has been widespread enough to say that discipline is slack. There will always be times when people crack under pressure, and there will be dangerously broken people who sneak in. It'll have to start happening a lot more frequently before I could say there's a problem there.
Back to a broader issue... Leaving aside whether or not you consider it torture, because that isn't really important to my question... What gain is there in treating prisoners this way? Has any useful intelligence been acquired thereby? Does it benefit the US (or anyone else) at all?
I haven't heard anything to suggest it is, which makes me wonder why so much time and effort is being wasted on it. It's certainly not helpful in the public relations department...
-Morgan.
Quote:The reports I've heard sounded more like they didn't want to say anything until investigation was finished, but either way it's less important than what's actually being done now.
You will note that in several of these incidents the military flat-out lied about what had happened until incontrovertible evidence came to light. So that not happening would be nice, for starters.
I don't think this sort of thing has been widespread enough to say that discipline is slack. There will always be times when people crack under pressure, and there will be dangerously broken people who sneak in. It'll have to start happening a lot more frequently before I could say there's a problem there.
Back to a broader issue... Leaving aside whether or not you consider it torture, because that isn't really important to my question... What gain is there in treating prisoners this way? Has any useful intelligence been acquired thereby? Does it benefit the US (or anyone else) at all?
I haven't heard anything to suggest it is, which makes me wonder why so much time and effort is being wasted on it. It's certainly not helpful in the public relations department...
-Morgan.